![]() ![]() Then you can link that boss to the president of the company. For example, in an org chart, you can drop a quick text box for a department head and create related text boxes for her direct reports and other staff. This version of MindMap also allows you to create relationships between objects and text so that they are connected as a group. The second mode, outline view, allows you to write a text outline, as you would in the outline mode in a word processor. Say you want to create an org chart it’s easier in MindMap than in a more business-oriented, and perhaps technically superior, tool such as MindJet’s In clip art mode, you can drop objects and text onto a blank page and move them around. The program features two main modes, which can be used simultaneously: one for clip art and the other for an outline. MindMap is designed to mimic how the brain works-we tend to create ideas by assembling bits and pieces of information into a cohesive whole, as though we’re assembling a puzzle. ![]() (You can even export files in Word-compatible Rich Text Format and use them as Word outlines.) MindMap’s “blank page” concept works better than the more cluttered Zengobi Curio 5, a similar brainstorming tool. Microsoft Word 2008 ( ) in full-screen mode, but without all the palettes and menu choices, so you can focus on your idea. For example, there are sidebars on the left for dropping artwork onto the page, and a symbol library where you can attach icons-such as a stop sign or a thumbs-up symbol-to any object. The current version streamlines the familiar MindMap interface so you can find clip art, tools, and document viewing options faster and more easily. Think of a good candidate for a Web design team you’re assembling? Suddenly inspired to build a canoe from scratch? MindMap’s open interface-really, it’s just a blank page with objects for text and artwork-is like the king of idea-generation because it doesn’t try to flaunt its powerful features. Desktop software such as ConceptDraw MindMap Pro can help you capture the thought just as easily. For most of us, jotting down that idea means fumbling for a pen and paper. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, a new idea could spring to life. ![]()
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